Amsterdam News stories: Localhttp://amsterdamnews.com/news/general-news/local/Amsterdam News stories: Localen-usThu, 15 Mar 2018 17:22:11 -0400Ethnic cleansing of Black community tribunal report-back
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/ethnic-cleansing-black-community-tribunal-report-b/Saturday, March 3, the December 12th Movement International Secretariat held a historic, citywide tribunal/hearing on “We Ain’t Going Nowhere! The Ethnic Cleansing of the Black Community.”Amadi AjamuThu, 15 Mar 2018 17:22:11 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/ethnic-cleansing-black-community-tribunal-report-b/The Children’s Defense Fund hosts annual New York Gala
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/childrens-defense-fund-hosts-annual-new-york-gala/The annual Children’s Defense Fund New York Gala took place Feb. 27 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:41:22 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/childrens-defense-fund-hosts-annual-new-york-gala/National Park Service awards $550,000 in federal grants to support African-American history
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/national-park-service-awards-550000-federal-grants/The National Park Service has awarded more than $500,000 to the City of Paterson through the African-American Civil Rights Grant Program. Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 15 Mar 2018 15:39:48 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/national-park-service-awards-550000-federal-grants/Sandra Johnson’s fight for a peaceful home
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/sandra-johnsons-fight-peaceful-home/Sandra Johnson has been a resident of 14 E. 125 St. for more than 35 years and is still at war with her landlord. In a textbook case of gentrification, she is one of two residents still living with heinous conditions.SHA-NIA ALSTONThu, 15 Mar 2018 13:25:23 -0400http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/15/sandra-johnsons-fight-peaceful-home/What is the meaning of a retirement crisis?
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/08/what-meaning-retirement-crisis/The World Economic Forum defines the “retirement crisis” as the gap between what working households need and what they have.Saeed ShabazzThu, 08 Mar 2018 14:05:34 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/08/what-meaning-retirement-crisis/Renewed protest: Parents and teachers fight against school closings
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/08/renewed-protest-parents-and-teachers-fight-against/Richard Carranza officially takes over as schools chancellor in a few weeks, but he will inherit the anger parents and teachers have directed at the Department of Education. What for? The closing and/or merging of more than a dozen schools.
Stephon JohnsonThu, 08 Mar 2018 13:35:31 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/08/renewed-protest-parents-and-teachers-fight-against/REPORT: Over 300 NYPD staffers should have been fired for misconduct
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/05/report-over-300-nypd-staffers-should-have-been-fir/In a shocking expose, BuzzFeed gained access hundreds of pages of internal documents that revealed more than 300 staffers of the New York Police Department lied, cheated, stole or even assaulted people while on the job.Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:56:20 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/05/report-over-300-nypd-staffers-should-have-been-fir/‘GOAL Digger’ Tina Lee Jones
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/02/tina-lee-jones/Tina Lee Jones calls herself a “GOAL Digger” and wants other women to join her movement.Cyril Josh BarkerFri, 02 Mar 2018 13:38:33 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/02/tina-lee-jones/‘Bring Our Children Home’: Lawmakers, advocates call for closure of New Jersey girls’ prison
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/new-jersey-girls-prison/The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice wants New Jersey to build a prison-to-school pipeline by closing the only girls’ youth prison and rebuilding the Bordentown School.Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 01 Mar 2018 20:15:53 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/new-jersey-girls-prison/My Brother’s Keeper hosts employment summit for young men in Newark
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/my-brothers-keeper-summit/More than 1,000 young men in Newark recently attended the Pathways to Success: Boys and Young Men of Color Opportunity Summit at the Prudential Center.
Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 01 Mar 2018 20:09:35 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/my-brothers-keeper-summit/Frederick Douglass Bicentennial celebrates life of famed abolitionist
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/frederick-douglass-bicentennial/Many gathered at noon for a series of brief tributes and a laying of a wreath at the statue of Frederick Douglass at Manhattan’s Frederick Douglass Circle.Bill Moore photosThu, 01 Mar 2018 10:50:29 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/frederick-douglass-bicentennial/Applications open for city&#39;s Summer Youth Employment Program
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/summer-youth-employment-program/Youth across the city can apply for a spot in the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program.AmNews Staff ReportsThu, 01 Mar 2018 10:42:51 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/summer-youth-employment-program/Mayor Bill de Blasio declares &#39;Loretta Lynch Day&#39;
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/loretta-lynch-day/In honor of Black History Month, Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed Feb. 23 as “Loretta Lynch Day,” honoring the former U.S. attorney general who was the first Black women confirmed to the position.Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 01 Mar 2018 10:27:09 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/loretta-lynch-day/Inwood residents to city and rezoning plan: Slow down
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/inwood-rezoning-plan/With the economically disadvantaged being priced out of Manhattan, Inwood residents are fighting to hold on to the place they’ve called home. Stephon JohnsonThu, 01 Mar 2018 10:22:49 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/mar/01/inwood-rezoning-plan/NJ lawmakers want to restore voting rights prisoners, people on parole
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/27/nj-lawmakers-want-restore-voting-rights-prisoners-/Nearly 100,000 people in New Jersey could regain the right to vote if legislation designed to give prisoners, people on probation and individuals on parole the right to vote passes.AmNews Staff ReportsTue, 27 Feb 2018 10:19:40 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/27/nj-lawmakers-want-restore-voting-rights-prisoners-/Carver Bank to sell 125th Street corporate office building
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/23/carver-bank-sell-office/Carver Bancorp, Inc. announced Friday that they have entered into a sale and leaseback property arrangement for its 125th Street corporate office building. Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:23:44 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/23/carver-bank-sell-office/Videos explain how marijuana legalization in NJ could advance racial justice
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/videos-explain-how-marijuana-legalization-nj-could/With the legalization of marijuana on the horizon under Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform is shedding light on how it could improve racial justice in the state.Cyril Josh Barker, Cyril Josh BarkerThu, 22 Feb 2018 11:05:53 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/videos-explain-how-marijuana-legalization-nj-could/De Blasio’s Rikers announcement gets mixed results
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/de-blasios-rikers-announcement/It’s taking too long. It’s going too quickly. More facilities aren’t the answer. He’s not protecting inmates. He’s not protecting correction officers.Stephon JohnsonThu, 22 Feb 2018 10:22:24 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/de-blasios-rikers-announcement/New York Urban League honors Champions of Diversity
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/nyul-champions-of-diversity/The New York Urban League recognizes companies and respected leaders who have exemplary diversity practices in the areas of leadership, hiring and promotion, supplier diversity and philanthropy at its 15th annual Champions of Diversity Awards Breakfast. AmNews Staff ReportsThu, 22 Feb 2018 09:51:23 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/nyul-champions-of-diversity/Verdict in shooting of Deborah Danner draws anger and sadness
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/verdict-shooting-deborah-danner-draws-anger-and-sa/Another day, another member of the NYPD acquitted of shooting a Black New Yorker.Stephon JohnsonThu, 22 Feb 2018 09:32:17 -0500http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/feb/22/verdict-shooting-deborah-danner-draws-anger-and-sa/